Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 68

• Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Character, World, Tempest

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• Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Special, Devil, Hell

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• Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Genius, Afar, Becoming

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1893). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.62, Library of Alexandria

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• Noble be man,
  Helpful and good!
  For that alone
  Sets him apart
  From every other creature
  On earth.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Noble, Earth

  "Das Gottliche" (1783)

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• He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Doe, Faults, Beloved

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

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• Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Woods, Stuff

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• Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Humor, Character

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• Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Thoughtful, People, Literature

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• Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Death, Time, Men

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• We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Work, Bridges, Literature

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• The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Accomplishment, Deeds, Helping

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bayard Taylor (1949). “Faust: A Tragedy in Two Parts”

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• First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Truth, Genius

  "Maxims and Reflections". Book by by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Maxim 382, 1833.

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• Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Character, Literature, World

  "Torquato Tasso". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 66, 1790.

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• The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Absence, Absent

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• Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Understanding, Literature, Understanding And Love

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.113

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• Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Mean, Goal, Mind

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• He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Happiness, Eulogy, Done

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• Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Success, Encouragement, Character

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• Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  World, May, Prosperity

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• What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Literature, Way, Path

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• If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Idols, Fame, Holy

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• We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Believe, Wish

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• The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Leadership, Men, Play

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German”, p.33, 谷月社

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• Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Literature, Lasts, Promotion

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1898). “Faust: A Tragedy”

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• What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Giving, Half

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